Nights Like These
by Rudimental (featuring Rag'n'Bone Man)

Album: Rudim3ntal (2025)
Charted: 65
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Songfacts®:

  • "Nights Like These" is a drum-and-bass rush dressed up with Rag'n'Bone Man's cavern-deep, bluesy growl. The song is about the sort of nights that end up changing everything; where triumph and trouble, exhaustion and elation all roll together into a memory that sticks.
  • Rudimental have long had a knack for finding the right singer to lift their tracks out of the club and into the bloodstream (see: John Newman, James Arthur, Jess Glynne). Rag'n'Bone Man was their ideal pick this time. His deep, expressive voice anchors the track's message about connection, resilience, and celebration.
  • The Rudimental trio teamed up with Jonny Coffer (whose résumé hops from Beyoncé to Jess Glynne), songwriter Mike Needle (a frequent Tom Grennan conspirator), and Rag'n'Bone Man to write the song. Production muscle came from Rudimental, Brad Ellis, Coffer, and Punctual, the electronic duo whose fingerprints are also on Joel Corry and Ella Henderson hits.
  • The track lands on Rudim3ntal, the band's first outing as a three-piece after Amir Amor's 2022 departure. With one man down, they doubled down instead, leaning hard into the classic euphoric drum and bass Rudimental blueprint, celebrating the genre in all its many forms.

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